Amethyst: *pokes head around corner* is everyone still here? No one left, right?
Faithers: *also pokes head around corner, higher up than Amethyst* If you are still here... um... hopefully you're not... too mad? We kind of got sucked into our Role Playing and... well...
Amethyst: *dreamy eyes* Role Playing is fun...
Faithers: *nodnod* We created a world. ^.^
Amethyst: Yes we did. And Locrian-Mode reviewed like...what, more than two weeks ago?
Faithers: *sadface* We're bad people. *goes to corner*
Amethyst: v.v BUT WE'RE BACK (finally)!!!
Faithers: *From corner* And we're working (sort of)!
Amethyst: Ammy has decided that we will write on the weekends from now on! ^-^
Faithers: And Faith has decided that if we work on Weekends, we play on schooldays! ^.^
Amethyst: Ammy thinks that that is rather...backwards. :|
Faithers: o.o Faith suddenly agrees. But Faith also thinks that we should get writing the chapter now.
Amethyst: Ammy also thinks that we should stop talking about Ammy and Faith in third person.
Faithers: *pouts* But third person is fun.
Amethyst: XD Ammy thinks that Ammy and Faith should start now.
Faithers: Well then, Ammy and Faith will go to writing and leave us alone, yes?
Amethyst: Da~!
Faithers: ...Tina says she's holding Brianna hostage...
Amethyst: Oh. Poor Brianna. She needs to write...
Faithers: ANYWAY. *starts chapter*
Scrat let out a growl as Skrit came into view again, his frantic pace not slowing. He launched himself forward.
Skrit gasped and leapt to the side, leaving Scrat to fall to the ground in a fluffy grey pile. Skrit stuck his tongue out at Scrat and continued running, the acorn half still held firmly in his grasp.
Scrat let out an annoyed grunt, sending himself after Skrit again. I will catch you, he growled to himself, you made her cry.
Skrit sprinted over the tree roots, jumping over and onto rocks as he ran. He'd worked hard (in his opinion) to get that acorn half, and he wasn't going to lose it!
Scrat continued chasing him, moving himself into position to tackle him again.
Skrit continued running, smirking in over-confidence as he was sure he'd lost the other squirrel by now. He slowed down and looked cockily over his shoulder.
Scrat jumped. Skrit's eyes widened. Scrat collided with the brown squirrel with a furious roar, pushing him down into the dirt. Skrit struggled, glaring fiercely at Scrat while keeping a tight hold on the acorn. Scrat wrapped his thin fingers around the stem of the acorn, growling furiously once more. Skrit, unrelenting, pulled the nut back to him, growling just as furiously. Scrat let out a yowl of pain when Skrit's foot jammed into his chest, but he refused to let go of the acorn half. He bit down on Skrit's arm, tasting blood. Skrit gasped in pain but didn't let go, determined to keep the acorn. Scrat growled around his arm, more blood against his tongue. He tugged on the acorn, eyes narrowed.
Unbeknownst to the two quarrelling squirrels, they were no longer alone.
Diego frowned deeply at the sight of the two squirrels... but he couldn't doubt his nose, which told him Peaches, Crash, Eddie, and Buck were close and getting closer.
Avery frowned. "Tha's tha' squirrel thing I saw the otha nigh'..." He said, more to himself than the others.
Scrat let out another furious yelp of pain when a long gash appeared on his arm, thanks to Skrit's sharp teeth.
Avery walked up to them and carefully plucked the acorn out of their paws, holding it above them. "Stop i' or neitha o' ya are gettin' i'." He said authoritatively, ignoring the incredulous looks he was getting from the group.
Scrat looked up at him, Skrit's arm still in his mouth. His eyes flashed in recognition.
Avery raised an eyebrow, still holding the acorn out of reach. "Well? C'mon, ge' off of him."
Scrat released Skrit's arm, looking up at Avery incredulously. He pointed unsurely at Avery, then at himself, then at the acorn. He made a gesture to form a heart.
Avery looked at the acorn he held, then back at Scrat. "This fer ya girlfriend or somethin'?" He asked.
Scrat nodded furiously.
Avery shrugged and handed Scrat the acorn, looking at Skrit sternly. "No more stealin' stuff."
Skrit whimpered.
"MOM! DAD!" an ecstatic voice called, pulling Manny's attention away from Avery and Scrat, who was now hugging the acorn close to him again. Peaches burst out of the foliage, Crash and Eddie bouncing beside her and Buck sitting on her head again.
"Peaches!" Ellie called happily, nuzzling her daughter.
Avery fidgeted anxiously.
Buck looked at Avery impassively, the twins' words returning to him. Give him another chance.
He frowned very slightly.
Peaches nuzzled her mother back, happily. Manny walked toward her and hesitated, almost unsure.
Avery hesitantly walked over to Buck. "Um...hello." He said unsurely, afraid Buck was going to have another outburst. He didn't notice the twins looking expectantly at the brown weasel in front of him.
Buck slid off Peaches' head, sighing, "Hi." he looked away.
"Are...you alrigh'?" Avery asked apprehensively.
Buck rubbed the back of his neck, noticing the twins staring at him expectantly, "I... was tol' ta give ya anotha chance." he admitted, "An'...well..." he looked uncomfortable, turning his gaze on Avery, "I'm no' exac'ly comf'table with i', bu'..."
"You don' hafta do anythin' ya don' wan' too..." Avery said, still hopeful nonetheless. Perhaps they could fix their relationship?
Buck sighed, eye closing before he looked up at the twins, "Yer no' makin' thi' any easi-ah!" he said sharply, annoyed.
Avery fidgeted again. "Sorry."
Crash chuckled, "C'mon, Eddie, let's go join the hugfest over there." he gestured to where the mammoth family were now hugging, reasonably away from Buck and Avery.
Avery was about to say something when a low growl came from behind them.
Buck's eye widened in recognition of the growl, "Agh." he groaned, "No' now!"
Avery grimaced. "Do I wanna know?"
He shivered as something round-ish pressed into his back. He could feel sharp teeth.
Buck grabbed his shoulders and threw him off to the side, his knife in his hand as he furiously swiped at the Velociraptor behind Avery, "Ge' away!"
Avery landed on the ground with a harsh "oof" and looked up. He blinked at the reptile. It wasn't that big, but it was definitely built to hunt.
And kill.
He winced.
Buck stumbled as pain shot through his ankle, and he yelped, rolling to dodge the Velociraptor that snapped at him.
Avery frowned, remembering that Buck hadn't said if he was alright. He stood up, not entirely sure what to do but wanting to do something.
Buck blocked the teeth of the Velociraptor with his dagger, grunting in exertion. Crash and Eddie yelled together in fear somewhere off to his right. His hand slipped. The dagger went flying.
Crash and Eddie gasped and clung tightly to Ellie's fur, eyes wide and fearful for their idol.
Buck yelped as the Velociraptor attacked, rolling away again, "NO!" he growled, jumping in the direction of his dagger. The Velociraptor slammed him away. Into a tree.
Avery growled angrily and jumped into the dinosaur, biting hard into its neck, trying desperately to get it away from his son.
Buck fell and lay at the base of the tree, his body screaming at him. He couldn't move.
The Raptor thrashed under Avery's painful grip, growling and trying to snap at him. Avery stopped clawing and biting at it and reached out, grabbing a loose vine from one of the trees and tied it tightly around the dino's snout, using it to pull it away from the others. He would not let his son, or his new friends, get hurt.
Buck weakly pushed himself to his hands and knees, his back protesting every movement. He growled, "No."
Avery ignored him, for the moment, still trying to steer the Raptor away from the others. He disappeared with it into the bushes.
Buck noted Avery's disappearance with a defeated, "NO!" He held his stomach, forcing himself to stand.
Crash and Eddie scurried over to him, followed by the others. "Buck! Buck! Are you okay?!" They asked frantically, wanting to help him up but not sure what to do.
Buck lifted his head, "Dagger." he muttered, his arm around his waist.
"Do you want us to look for it?" Eddie asked, frowning concernedly at him.
Buck growled, "Yeh... need it..."
Crash and Eddie nodded and went to search for the dagger while Peaches walked up to him. "You okay?" She asked worriedly. She idly wondered if Avery was alright.
Buck grunted, his arm twitching as he held it to his stomach. He had hit the tree pretty hard.
Peaches sighed and looked over to where Avery had disappeared. "I hope he's okay..." She whispered, more to herself than to Buck.
Buck lowered his gaze, feeling guilt wash over him. "Me too." he muttered.
Amethyst: *le gasp* Ammy is wondering what happened to Avery!
Faithers: *le EPIC gasp* Faith wishes to know what's wrong with Buck!
Amethyst: And Ammy also wants to know...where Rudy is. o.o
Faithers: *scoff* Rudy's off at Lava Falls. *small smile* Serenading Mama Dino.
Amethyst: Oh yeah! Ammy forgot about that. Ammy also wonders if Ammy and Faith should stop talking in third person? Ammy wonders a lot of things. Like, if a synchronized swimmer drowns, do the others have to drown too? *scratches head*
Faithers: ...Faith wonders why they call it a TV set when you only get one. And how the guy who drives the snowplow drives to work in the morning.
Amethyst: And...What was the best thing...BEFORE sliced bread?
Faithers: ...why don't they make food stamps edible? SO MANY QUESTIONS! *flops on bed that magically appears*
Amethyst: *smiles pleasantly* Ammy says review, or she will have to banish you to Siberia. ^^
Faithers: WITHOUT becoming one with Russia first~ ^.^
Amethyst: Da~! If you do not review, Russia!Ammy will have to banish you to Siberia without proper supplies. So, unless you want to freeze or starve to death, you should review! *innocent smile* ^^
Faithers: And Canada!Faith will not help you.
Amethyst: And if you know what we're talking about, you get a cookie! ^^
Faithers: Review please~!